Colchester - Cemetery (Essex)
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| Tree No. 14 - Dawn Redwood October 2024 - Members of the CMS and the council | |
| The Colchester Medical Society celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2024. It is the oldest provincial medical society in the country. Their emblem is the Rhino - selected for its thick skin. They wanted to plant two trees in Colchester to mark the occasion and because Redwoods are thought to have the thickest bark, they decided it was appropriate to choose these trees. I was pleased to donate the Coast and Dawn Redwood which they had planted at Colchester cemetery in October 2024 with the help of the council employees. The latter did a superb job with the planting after having had a epic struggle getting them out of their pots. A saw had to be taken to the pots as can be seen in the photograph of the Coast Redwood. The weather on the morning of the tree planting event was calm and sunny so they couldn't have chosen a better day for the ceremony. A friendly, cheerful atmosphere, great weather and Redwood trees - what more could one ask for! |
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| Tree No. 14 - Dawn Redwood October 2024 | |
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| Tree No. 13 - Coast Redwood October 2024 | |
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| Tree No. 1 - Dawn Redwood September 2015 Tree No. 8 - Dawn Redwood September 2015 Tree No. 9 - Dawn Redwood September 2015 |
| This trio of Dawn Redwoods are among the many Redwood trees found in Colchester cemetery. |
 Trees No. 2, 3 & 4 - Giant Redwood September 2015 |
| I had been told there were quite a few Redwood trees in Colchester cemetery so it had been on my list of places to visit for some time. It was a superb day to finally capture these Wellingtonia in all their glory. |
 Tree No. 5 - Giant Redwood September 2015 |
 Tree No. 6 - Giant Redwood September 2015 |
 Tree No. 10 - Coast Redwood September 2015 |
 Tree No. 11 - Coast Redwood September 2015 |
 Tree No. 12 - Coast Redwood September 2015 |
| Another Coast Redwood was spotted on leaving the cemetery at the entrance near a notice board, it will be measured on a return visit. More Redwood trees may be here too so a more thorough search is needed some other time. |
| Common Names and Latin Name | No. | Latitude and Longitude | OS National Grid | Elevation (above sea-level) |
Height | Girth | Date Measured | ||
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| Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostrobodies | 1 | N51.87381 E0.90511 | N51.87331 W0.90682 | TM 00078 23459 | 92ft (28.05m) | 8.9m | 0.56m | September 2015 | |
| Giant Redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum | 2 | N51.87470 E0.90617 | N51.87420 W0.90788 | TM 00147 23561 | 89ft (27.13m) | 23.7m | 3.46m | September 2015 | |
| 3 | N51.87482 E0.90626 | N51.87432 W0.90797 | TM 00153 23574 | 89ft (27.13m) | 26.2m | 3.8m | September 2015 | ||
| 4 | N51.87474 E0.90637 | N51.87424 W0.90808 | TM 00161 23566 | 89ft (27.13m) | 23.9m | 3.99m | September 2015 | ||
| 5 | N51.87292 E0.90543 | N51.87242 W0.90714 | TM 00104 23361 | 81ft (24.70m) | 20.1m | 4.66m | September 2015 | ||
| 6 | N51.87230 E0.90601 | N51.87180 W0.90772 | TM 00147 23293 | 73ft (22.26m) | 22.4m | 4.34m | September 2015 | ||
| 7 | N51.87214 E0.90599 | N51.87164 W0.90770 | TM 00146 23276 | 77ft (23.48m) | 21.8m | 3.69m | September 2015 | ||
| Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostrobodies | 8 | N51.87266 E0.90274 | N51.87216 W0.90445 | TL 99920 23324 | 90ft (27.44m) | 15m | 1.64m | September 2015 | |
| 9 | N51.87398 E0.90630 | N51.87348 W0.90801 | TM 00159 23481 | 92ft (28.05m) | 13.7m 8.7m | 0.84m 0.6m | November 2024 September 2015 | ||
| Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens | 10 | N51.87588 E0.90808 | N51.87538 W0.90979 | TM 00273 23697 | 78ft (23.78m) | 21.7m | -- | September 2015 | |
| 11 | N51.87563 E0.90857 | N51.87513 W0.91028 | TM 00308 23671 | 79ft (24.09m) | 21.2m | -- | September 2015 | ||
| 12 | N51.87616 E0.90705 | N51.87566 W0.90876 | TM 00201 23725 | 66ft (20.12m) | 19.4m | 0.74m | September 2015 | ||
| 13 | N51.87152 E0.90074 | N51.87102 0.90245 | TL 99788 23192 | 82ft (25m) | 3.6m | -- | November 2024 | ||
| Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostrobodies | 14 | N51.87193 E0.90098 | 51.87143 0.90269 | TL 99802 23238 | 87ft (26.52m) | 2.5m | -- | November 2024 | |
| Girth was measured at 1.5 metres from ground | |||||||||